Personification or god of the river Po.
1The Phalaena pardilla, which feeds on the Prunus padus.
2The little river Athesis, north of the Padus, flows into the Adriatic.
3North of the Padus were Veróna, Mediolánum (Milan), Cremóna, Mantua, Andes, and Vercellae, a noted battle-field.
4Northern Italy, between the Alps and the Apennines, is drained by the Padus (Po) and its tributaries.
5Of the tributaries of the Padus, the Ticínus on the north, and the Trebia on the south, are of historical interest.
6Let our own Padus send his home-born navy to the sea, his river-nurtured firs to battle with the winds of Ocean.
7The district was bounded on the N. by the Padus, E. by the Adriatic, S. by the river Crustumium (mod.